REVEALED: What Sir Alex Ferguson misses about being Manchester United manager

Initially he was replace by David Moyes, but he only last ten months and Louis van Gaal was appointed in the summer.

The Dutchman has had a difficult start to life at Old Trafford but Ferguson insists he's enjoying watching the team play this year.

"I can go and watch the team now without getting so worked up," he told the Big Issue.

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“I’m an ambassador for United and I’m on the club’s board of directors, so I still watch a lot of games, but I do miss the banter of the dressing room; the players, obviously, but also the backroom staff”

Sir Alex Ferguson

“I mean, we lost to City, but we did okay. Lots of great football. If it had been 11-a-side, who knows?

But Ferguson is missing being in the dressing room with the players and being in constant contact with the other staff around the club.

He added: “I’m an ambassador for United and I’m on the club’s board of directors, so I still watch a lot of games, but I do miss the banter of the dressing room; the players, obviously, but also the backroom staff.

“All lovely people - cleaners, cooks, admin people, kit staff. Really decent, honest people. I don’t see them as much now as I used to.”